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Palace: Sereno at SC a pledge to good governance


President Aquino’s appointment of Ma. Lourdes Aranal-Sereno as new Supreme Court associate justice shows his commitment to good governance, Malacañang said over the weekend. “We are pleased with our appointment (of) Justice Sereno. It was a good choice by the president. The legal community was very pleased with the appointment. So I think we are on the road to as promised by the president, it is our commitment to good governance that’s part of it," Lacierda said on government-run dzRB radio. Sereno is executive director of the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center. Lacierda said Aquino chose Sereno based on the criteria of probity, integrity and past performance, noting her role in government’s legal victory over Philippine International Air Terminals Co. Government had won an arbitration case involving the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 before the International Chamber of Commerce-International Court of Arbitration in Singapore. “Siya ay instrumental sa ating pagkapanalo sa Piatco. Kung natalo tayo malaki ang obligasyon ng pamahalaan, yan ay malaking savings sa ating pamahalaan (She was instrumental in our victory over Piatco. Had government lost, it would have had to pay a lot, so the victory meant major savings)," Lacierda said. He also brushed off claims Aquino appointed Sereno because she was his schoolmate at the Ateneo de Manila University. Lacierda said Sereno was one batch ahead of Aquino, and they never became classmates. He said Aquino was from Batch 1981 while Sereno was from Batch 1980. “Nagkikita sila dahil schoolmates pero mukhang di sila magkakilala (They see each other at school but only because they were schoolmates. They do not appear to be acquainted)," he said. Sereno will occupy the post vacated by now Chief Justice Renato Corona. She is the first appointment Aquino made to the Supreme Court. — LBG, GMANews.TV

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